Churn



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. A. ROBERTS A8v W. E. C. VERMILLION.

GHURN.

No. 567.726. Patented Sept. 15, 1896.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(N o-Model.)4 r

J. A. ROBERTS a W. E. C. VERMILLION. GHURN. No. 567,726. Patented Sept.15, 189@` 1 to make and use the same.

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JOHN A. ROBERTS AND IVILLIAM E. C. VERMILLION, OF BURLESON, TEXAS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,726,dated-September 15, 1896. Application filed August 1, 1895. Serial No.557,887. (No model.)

naled upon the shaft 11, secured to the top of the casing, and mesheswith the gear 9. This shaft 11 projects downward through the top intothe cabinet and is provid4 ed with a socket 12 at its lower end,preferably polygonal in cross-section.

This socket receives the polygonal end of the rotary dasher-rod 13, andis secured thereto by a set-screw 14. The said top is provided withupwardlyextending sides and ends, which, when the cover is closed, formsa housing for the train of gearing. By this construction the gearing isconcealed from view and is out of the way, yet access can be readily hadthereto when required by simply lifting the cover.

15 denotes the churn, and 16 the dashers thereof.

By loosening the set-screw 14 the churn Inay be readily removed from thecabinet when desired.

17 denotes a cover or plate which is hinged to the top of the cabinetand is adapted to swing down upon the gearing-cover and protect thesame, and which, in conjunction with the top 2 and upwardly-projectedmarginal edge, forms a compartment for the storage of utensils and toolsor implements used in connection with a churn. Journaled in this plateis a ratchet-wheel18, having a tubular extension 19, formed with acrank-handle 20. A spring-pawl 2l is secured to the plate and engagesthe ratchet-wheel and prevents its backward movement. When this plate isswung down upon the top, as shown in Fig. 2, the shafts 8 and 11 willproject through holes 11', and the winding-shaft, which is provided witha squared end, will project upward into the tubular extension 19.

In operation the crank-handle 2O is rotated to wind up the spring 5.When the spring has been properly wound and the handle released, thespring will rotate its gear 3, which, through the gear 7 and its pinion9, will rotate the pinion 10, the movement of which will be imparted tothe dasher-shaft.

A churn thus constructed is simple and To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN A. ROBERTS nd WILLIAM E. VERMILLIoN, citizensof the United States, residing at Burleson, in the county of Johnson andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inChurns; and we do declare the fol-` lowing to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains Our invention has relation to churns,and the object is to produce a simple device of this kind that will beautomatic in its action, and it is an improvement in that class ofselfoperating churns of which the patent to ra lor, No. 39,532, August11, 1863, is a type, and to this end the novelty consists in theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts of the same, Vaswill be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating our invention, showing thetop cover or plate swung back in order to illustrate more clearly hegearing supported by the lower plate. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the top of the cabinet withthe hinged cover or plate raised vertically, and Fig. 4 is a top planview of the cover or plate of the cabinet.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the cabinet, having a swinging door 2,through which the churn may be placed and removed fromthe' cabinet.

2 denotes the top of the cabinet,which supports the operating mechanismof the churn. This mechanism consists of a toothed gear 3, looselymounted upon the winding-shaft 4. A helical spring 5 has its inner endfixed to the shaft and its outer end secured to the wheel, and isprevented from expanding too far when unwound by means of lugs 6 cast onthe face of the wheel, between which the coils of the spring lie.

A second gear-wheel 7 is journaled upon the stud-shaft 8, secured in thetop of the cabinet, and is provided with a fixed pinion 9, which mesheswith the gear 3. A pinion 10 is jourlessen the toil of the operator andallow him to employ his time for other purposes while the cream is beingchurned.

A very important feature of our invention s that the cabinet can containseveral churns very efficient in operation, and will greatly IOO whennot in use, and when butter is to be made the churns are removed, onefilled with cream, and the gearing started, and when the butter comesthat churn can be removed, another filled one inserted, and theoperation continued while the operator is removing the butter from thefirst churn, Washing it, refilling with cream, and ready to insert inthe cabinet as soon as the second one is completed, and so onindefinitely, one cabinet and gearing serving for several churns andgreatly facilitating and simplifying the operation and economizing thetime of the operator.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

Ina churn of the class described, a cabinet 1 having door 2 and aflanged top 2', provided with a hinged top 17 in which is journaled acrank-shaft 2O provided with a ratchet-wheel 18 and spring-pawl 21, theend of the crankshaft terminating in a tubular square socket 19 adaptedto removably engage the train of gearing located in said `flanged top 2and rotate a shaft 11, the lower end of which terminates in a polygonalsocket 12 having a setscrew 14, in combination with the rotarydasher-rod 13 having polygonal upper end, and radially-proj eatingindependent dashers 16 16 located in the churn 15, whereby thechurn-dashers and rod may be released from the gearing by the socket 12and set-screw 14: and removed from the cabinet, and another churn placedin said cabinet and its polygonal shaft connected by the socket 12 andoperated by the gearing, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof We affix our :signan tures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN A. ROBERTS, VILLIAM E. C. 'VERMLL'ION Vitnesses:

G, W. BRANsoM, H. C. GooDLoE.

